The History of carpentry

The history of carpentry is that in 1863, before British columbia became a provine, carpenters organized their first union in victoria and vancouver. The first local of today united brotherhood of carpenters and joiner of america was formed in victoria in 1883, and a vancouver local followed in 1890. As the province grew over the next century, so did the union. Today there are 27 locals. In 1899, shortly after the union was a successful strike by the building trades for the 9 hour day. Eventually, the unions were able to negotiate the 8 hour day and, in some cases, 7 1/2 half hour day. In the year 1333, in london england, a grooup of carpenters founded their own labour organization. They called it the carpenters guild of london and it is now of the oldest existing social institution in the great britain.The carpeters guilds received a formal charter ftrom ther crown in 1477- 144 years later. The capenters made themseveles a coat- of- arms which is shown on this page. The full title of the brotherhood was now the master wardens and commonality of the mistery of freemen of the carpentry of the city of london. One day mcguire proposed at a meeting of the new york central labour union that a festive day be set aside for demonstration and pinic.